The United States on Tuesday accused companies in the United Arab Emirates, the Central African Republic and Russia of engaging in illicit gold deals to help fund the mercenary fighters of Russia's Wagner Group. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement it has sanctioned four companies...
Stock futures climbed Thursday morning after the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite logged a fourth straight day of losses. Futures tied to the S&P 500 added 0.27%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.38%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.15, or 57 points higher. In extended...
Initial applications for US unemployment benefits remained subdued last week, consistent with a healthy job market. Initial claims held at 212,000 in the week ended April 13, according to Labor Department data released on Thursday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists...
Gold prices chugged along for much last week, trading between $2,300 and $2,360 through Wednesday, shaking off hotter-than-expected CPI and lulling market participants into a false sense of stability. Then, late Thursday, the rollercoaster began to ratchet back up, with spot gold hitting a new...
Oil prices fell to a three-week low on Thursday, extending losses on hopes of easing tensions in the key producing region of the Middle East, while investors turned their focus to a bleaker demand picture. Brent futures were down 60 cents, or 0.7%, at $86.69 a barrel, while U.S. crude futures...
British inflation is broadly declining in line with the Bank of England's forecasts, and next month's numbers look on track for a sharp drop towards the central bank's 2% target, Governor Andrew Bailey said on Wednesday. "We're actually pretty much on track for where we thought we would be,"...
Time | Country | Figures | Previous | Actual |
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01.00 | U.S | Beige Book | - | - |
03.00 | U.S | TIC Long-Term Purchases | 14.0B | 71.5B |
08.30 | AUD | Employment Change (AUD) | 116.5K | -6.6K |
08.30 | AUD | Unemployment Rate | 3.7% | 3.8% |
08.30 | AUD | NAB Quarterly Business Confidence | -6 | -2 |